A 2-day orientation and training event on local Innovation was held in Ilam Community Agriculture Campus (ICAC) on 5-6 April 2026. It was organised by the Prolinnova Ilam network comprising of NCDC (NGO), Shahayatra (NGO), ICAC (Agri College), and Agriculture Knowledge Centre (Government service), and Ilam Municipality. The lead facilitator was Basanta Ranabhat (Asia representative on …
The report of the Prolinnova international Community of Practice for the period 2023–24 is now available and can be accessed here. It provides an overview of activities undertaken at Country Platform, regional and global levels.
Brigid Letty, a member of the Prolinnova International Support Team, participated recently in a number of events organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The first of these was the Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation, which was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome from 29 September to 1 October 2025. Brigid represented the …
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The report from the PID training-of-trainers workshop that took place in Senegal on 7-17 July is now available and can be downloaded here. The participants in the workshop were selected from the Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs), namely Scholastica Atarah from Prolinnova-Ghana, Jackson Kadiaka (Prolinnova-South Africa), Martha Opondo (Prolinnova-Kenya), Augustin Oudraogo (Prolinnova-Burkina Faso), Oumi Ndiaye (Prolinnova-Senegal), …
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Two articles from the Prolinnova network were published in the June 2025 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Beating drought in the Sahel by supporting water-conserving farmer innovations – by Kouete Paul Jimmy, Djibril Thiam, Augustin Ouedraogo, Assane Gueye, Hamade Sigue & Chesha Wettasinha Getting farmer-led joint innovation processes mainstreamed: lessons from Kenya and Ghana …
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In 2023, Prolinnova held three webinars to provide an opportunity for its Community of Practice to share experiences in linking with university & research actors in promoting the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach. Webinar 1 (19 April 2023): “Case studies on PID activities implemented in Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in collaboration with university and research …
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Prolinnova Working Paper 39: The role of a local government officer in integrating PID into the practice of small-scale farmers in Kenya, authored by Martha Opondo, Vincent Mariadho & Amos Okore, has been uploaded on the Prolinnova website and is available in both English and French (Le rôle d’un fonctionnaire local dans l’intégration du DPI …
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Prolinnova Nepal is taking a strategic step to expand its network and broadening its horizon at the provincial level. Till now, Prolinnova Nepal has been more or less active around Kathmandu and Chitwan districts. In this regard, the Asia Regional Coordinator (Sharad Rai) visited headquarters of Ilam district (one of the hill districts of Eastern …
An Agroecology & Innovations online course was taught in English by Schola Campesina Aps, in collaboration with the Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology (GIAA). It is offered by the University of Vermont’s Institute for Agroecology in partnership with Stats4SD, with support from the McKnight Foundation. The course consisted of 7 video-conference sessions that ran from …
A resource book for ARD practitioners developed by Richard Hawkins (Main editor) in collaboration with invited members from the National ARD Task Team in South Africa. The resource can be accessed here.
